§2244 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§2244 Security investigations

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 134— - MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES, PROHIBITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS › § 2244

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Defense Department cannot spend money to investigate a person or a facility to decide on a security clearance unless the Secretary of Defense finds two things: no other federal agency has a complete, current file and no other agency is already investigating them. "Current" means the investigation was done within the last five years.

Title 10, §2244

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(a)Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used for the conduct of an investigation by the Department of Defense, or by any other Federal department or agency, for purposes of determining whether to grant a security clearance to an individual or a facility unless the Secretary of Defense determines both of the following:

(1)That a current, complete investigation file is not available from any other department or agency of the Federal Government with respect to that individual or facility.

(2)That no other department or agency of the Federal Government is conducting an investigation with respect to that individual or facility that could be used as the basis for determining whether to grant the security clearance.

(b)For purposes of subsection (a)(1), a current investigation file is a file on an investigation that has been conducted within the past five years.

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Amendments

1991—Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 102–190 substituted “Government” for “government”.

§2244 Security investigations

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